SC starts suo moto case against HC judge over controversial remarks
This story was originally published at 13:05 IST on 20 September 2024
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NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court today took suo motu cognizance of the video clips containing controversial comments made by Karnataka High Court's Justice V. Srishananda, and sought a report from the court's registrar general regarding the same. Video clips circulated on social media recently showed Justice Srishananda referring to a Muslim-majority area of Bengaluru as "Pakistan" during a hearing in a landlord-tenant case. In another video, he was seen making objectionable remarks against a woman advocate during the hearing of a different case.
The Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud asked Attorney General R. Venkataramani and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to assist the top court in the case. "We ask the registrar general of the high court to submit a report to this court after seeking administrative directions from the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. This exercise may be carried out in 2 weeks," said the top court. "Attorney General, we may lay down some basic guidelines and seek a report from the secretary general of the high court."
The apex court listed the matter for hearing on Wednesday.
In a hearing on Aug 28, Justice Srishananda said, "Go towards the Mysore Road Flyover,every auto rickshaw has got 10 people...The Mysore Road Flyover from the market to Goripalya is in Pakistan, not in India. This is the reality... However strict an officer you send, he will be beaten. This is not on any channel." In another case, he had reprimanded a woman lawyer for answering a question put to the counsel for the opposite party. The judge had said that the woman lawyer seemed to know a lot about the opposite party, and that she might even reveal the colour of his undergarments next. End
Reported by Surya Tripathi
Edited by Tanima Banerjee
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